Luna: Consolidation Would Save $15M

New figures from Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna (pictured) shows that Idaho could save $15.3 million a year in state funding by consolidating the state’s 115 school districts to match the boundaries of the state’s 44 counties. Most of that savings, $11.7 million, would come from consolidating districts in seven counties with multiple school districts. Those estimates come from the current year of school spending. The state is spends more than $1.2 billion on public schools, so consolidation would save approximately 1 percent of state school spending/ Brad Iverson-Long , Idaho Reporter. More here .

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Question: What do you think of Superintendent Tom Luna’s observation that the state would save $15.3 million by consolidating school districts to match county boundaries?